Fascellina

Fascellina
	Fascellina chromataria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Fascellina; Walker, 1860
Synonyms
	Nysis Moore, 1867;

Fascellina is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Francis Walker in 1860.[1][2]

Description

Its eyes are hairy. The palpi are stout and reach the vertex of the head, where the first joint is hairy and the third joint minute. Antennae with cilia and bristles. Abdomen stout. Hind tibia not dilated. Forewings with arched costa towards apex. Vein 3 from close to angle of cell and vein 5 from above middle of discocellulars. Vein 7 to 9 stalked from before upper angle. Veins 10 and 11 stalked and joined by bars to vein 12 and veins 8, 9. Hindwings with vein 3 from close to angle of cell.[3]

Species

Fascellina albicordis Prout, 1932
Fascellina altiplagiata Holloway, 1976
Fascellina aua Prout, 1928
Fascellina aurifera Warren, 1897
Fascellina castanea Moore, 1877
Fascellina cervinaria Snellen, 1881
Fascellina chromataria Walker, 1860
Fascellina clausaria Walker, 1866
Fascellina cydra Prout, 1925
Fascellina dacoda C. Swinhoe, 1893
Fascellina glaucifulgurea Prout, 1916
Fascellina inconspicua Warren, 1894
Fascellina meligerys Prout, 1925
Fascellina papuensis Warren, 1898
Fascellina plagiata (Walker, 1866)
Fascellina pulchracoda Holloway, 1993
Fascellina punctata Warren, 1898
Fascellina quadrata Holloway, 1993
Fascellina rectimarginata Warren, 1894
Fascellina subsignata Warren, 1893
Fascellina viridicosta Holloway, 1993

References

Savela, Markku (ed.). "Fascellina Walker, 1860". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Fascellina Walker, 1860". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Savela, Markku (ed.). "Fascellina Walker, 1860". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 26, 2018.

[2] Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Fascellina Walker, 1860". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 15, 2020.

[3] Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.